Pulled up next to this nice looking, not overdone, black 2002 Maxima. He had rims, non-ricy exhaust (more german looking), and revved up a little at the light. On green we wen't, I had a car length on him at the start, but he blew past afterabout 40. We pulled into the bank after hitting about 85. He opens the hood and I see the chrome colored circular tubing on the right. You guessed it, a sweet centrifugal supercharger by Pro Charger. Hes got a Nitrous Express system too but didn't use it. We talked cars for about an hour, pretty cool for a 45 year old guy. He even took me for a ride. No body work done, no rims, very unassuming car with a 5 spd. He plans on getting a 350Z and supercharging it, what a rocket! But all in all, big surprise, my dads 2000 maxima is quick, but this thing was amazing.

 

goes to show that a "ricer" isn't simply any import car, and some performance import guys actually have some class

 

There fast even stock, I think they do lower 6's 0-60 with a 5spd.

 

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Sounds like a cool car. Too bad we only have the jerks around here with the tude, give me 5 lengths cause you have twice as many cylinders.. I didnt force anyone to buy half an engine.

 

lol, my bad, he didn't have rims, I meant wheels, like ultra perfromance nittos that looked pretty sweet. And I wasnt a good kill Johnny, I lost!

 

95Stealth302. Wheels and rims are the same thing. Nittos are tires, i think you mean tires. </P>


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My dad used to have an '00 GXE automatic. It held it's own. It would run 10.2 1/8 miles in the middle of the summer, and that's before I figured out that Nissan's TCS system (that you couldn't turn off) cut engine power to 20% if the brakes were applied, thus making powerbraking pointless.

 

Damn a 20% loss just by startin with the brakes held? I am glad I dont have a computer on my car, but it would get better mileage..

 

no, not a 20% LOSS... a loss DOWN TO 20%. Which means that I was launching softer loading the convertor than I would have been just taking off.